US school siege ends as gunman shoots himself

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A siege at a classroom in Wisconsin ended today when the armed student holding
18 people hostage shot himself.

Police officers who had for several hours surrounded the high school in
Marinette, eastern Wisconsin, entered the classroom after hearing three
gunshots. None of the 17 students or their teacher were wounded but the
gunman was taken to hospital. His condition was not known.

The student burst into a the classroom in Marinette, a small town on the
eastern shore of Lake Michigan, late afternoon local time.

A teacher and 23 pupils were initially taken hostage though several hours
later police